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The Russia-Ukraine Air War Has Entered a New, Deadlier Phase

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Both countries are inflicting mounting destruction with long-range drones and missiles   By Marcus Walker The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026 9:00 pm ET Ukraine has been hammered by aerial attacks this month.   image by Oleksandr Ratushniak/ Reuters Quick Summary [provided by WSJ]  -- The air war between Russia and Ukraine has entered a new phase, with expanded aerial arsenals, inadequate air defenses and widening destruction.  --  Moscow is betting it can crush the will of Ukraine’s population , while Kyiv is using drone strikes to cripple industries that underpin Russia's economy.  --  A shortage of Patriot interceptors has left Ukraine struggling to defend against Russian long-range strikes, which have killed hundreds of civilians this summer. This summary was generated with AI and reviewed by an editor. Read more about how we use artificial intelligence in our journalism. A Russian barrage of missiles and drones hit a children’s hospital, a scho...
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Ukrainian Forces Capture Russian Sabotage Group in Kursk: '810th Brigade, Sevastopol' Identified

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from Quora Knowledge Engine 🚂 ·  Follow Posted by  DRP   2y Ukrainian Forces Capture Russian Sabotage Group in Kursk: '810th Brigade, Sevastopol' Identified The Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully captured a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Kursk region. In an interrogation video dated August 22, a Ukrainian soldier asks, "What battalion are you from?" The captured Russians respond, "The 810th Brigade." When asked for clarification, they reveal, "Marines. Sevastopol."
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Why Zelensky is cuddling a very good girl named Freya

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 Pictures of the Ukrainian leader holding the baby pit bull with a symbolic name have proved a truth universally known in politics: If you want to get noticed, get a puppy. By Victoria Craw The Washington Post ,  August 27, 2026 at 11:50 a.m.  Original article contains links This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on August 25, 2026, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky holding Freyja , a puppy given to him by American boxer Terence Crawford. (Handout/AFP/Getty Images)/   In between images of burned-out buildings and military meetings that dominate President Volodymyr Zelensky’s social media feeds, an unusual video stood out this week: the wartime leader cuddling a puppy.   The American pit bull was gifted to Zelensky by U.S. boxer Terence Crawford, according to Zelensky’s office, who shared a video along with photos. Footage shows Zelensky beaming as the dog rests her head on his shoulder. Zelensky’s advis...
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ZAPORIZHZHIA FRONT dispatch [:] Where Drones Cannot See, the Ukraine War Is a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse

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partial image from article, with caption: Ukrainian soldiers of the Bratstvo battalion unloading equipment after making  their way out of the Kakhovka reservoir [JB: see ] basin in July. Russian troops are trying to infiltrate the vast, overgrown reservoir basin of a dam they blew up three years ago as Ukrainian soldiers hunt them at close quarters. By Carlotta Gall Photographs by Nicole Tung Carlotta Gall, Kamila Hrabchuk and Nicole Tung reported from the frontline city of Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding area in southeastern Ukraine for several days this summer. The New York Times Aug. 27, 2026 Updated 6:23 a.m. ET  [JB:] Original article contains links Soldiers describe it [Zaporizhzhia] as a dense jungle, suffocatingly hot and infested with mosquitoes, where you cannot see the enemy, or your own buddy, just three yards away. It used to be one of Ukraine’s largest reservoirs, a wide body of water swelling the lower reaches of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Since th...
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